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Public reaction to the 2010 US Deficit Commisssion report
11/18/2010
Grouped Articles
Deficit Proposal Draws Mixed Review
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2010
New York Times 11/22/2010
Favorable response to the U.S. Deficit Commission's report.
11/15/2010
Grouped Articles
Left, Right and Wrong on Taxes
New York Times 11/15/2010
Sheila C. Bair - Will the next fiscal crisis start in Washington?
Washington Post 11/26/2010
Debt and Taxes: Will Washington Ever Grow Up?
BusinessWeek 11/17/2010
Deficit Plan Fails to Win Panel Support
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2010
CBO: U.S. budget deficit to reach $1.5 trillion in 2011, highest ever
Washington Post 01/26/2011
Debt Hawk Alan Simpson on the Work Ahead
BusinessWeek 08/04/2011
The US Deficit Commission report in 2010.
11/08/2010
Grouped Articles
Panel Chairmen Recommend Cutting Federal Spending by $200 Billion
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2010
Deficit Commission’s $200 Billion in Proposed Spending Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2010
Deficit Panel's Leaders Push Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/08/2010
Debt Commission Seeks Social Security Cuts and Tax Increases
New York Times 11/10/2010
Deficit-Cutting Chairmen Call Washington's Bluff
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2010
Wall Street Journal 11/11/2010
Solutions to the U.S. budget deficit, including changes in Social Security and Medicare.
10/21/2010
Grouped Articles
U.S. Annual Budget Deficit Smallest in Nearly Seven Years
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2015
Alice Rivlin's Bid to Cut the Deficit
BusinessWeek 10/21/2010
Key Tax Breaks at Risk as Panel Looks at Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2010
Physician Panel Prescribes the Fees Paid by Medicare
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2010
Deficit panel leaders propose curbs on Social Security, major cuts in spending, tax breaks
Washington Post 11/10/2010
Panel Weighs Deep Cuts in Tax Breaks and Spending
New York Times 11/10/2010
The Bush tax cuts in 2010.
08/05/2010
In the face of rising deficits, and questions about the future solvency of Medicare and Social Security, there are questions about the Bush tax cuts which expire in December 2010 if not renewed. With high unemployment the consensus seems to be to leave the tax cuts in place for a limited period, and have serious conversation about taxes when a new presidential term begins. A Value added Tax has been suggested by Paul Volcker, similar to that in Europe.
Grouped Articles
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts
BusinessWeek 08/05/2010
New York Times 08/21/2010
Bush Tax Cuts: Now That's Rich
New York Times 08/22/2010
Why the Rich Donât Need a Tax-Cut Extension
New York Times 09/25/2010
Tax-Cut Vote Shows Democratic Divide
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2010
New York Times 12/02/2010
The 2010 Deficit Commission and reduction in defense spending
07/09/2010
Grouped Articles
Pentagon's Next Mission: Cutting Back on Spending
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2010
The U.S. Military Needs Budget Certainty in Uncertain Times
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2015
The Pentagon Would Take $100 Billion Hit
Wall Street Journal 11/11/2010
Debt Commission Seeks Social Security Cuts and Tax Increases
New York Times 11/10/2010
Deficit-Cutting Chairmen Call Washington's Bluff
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2010
New York Times 11/11/2010
Budget Discipline in Japan in 2010
06/11/2010
Spending is to be kept at 71 trillion yen for the next 3 years and the budget balanced in 10 years. This is critical to the Democratic Party government's credibility on spending, deficit and debt issues facing Japan.
Grouped Articles
Abe Set to Proceed With Tax Increase in Japan
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2013
Japanâs Prime Minister Warns That Debt Could Bring a Crisis Like That of Greece
New York Times 06/11/2010
Japan Expects Higher Tax Revenue
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
In Budget Plan, Japan Proposes More Spending and Aims to Borrow Less
New York Times 01/14/2015
Japan Vows to Cap Budget at 71 Trillion Yen
Wall Street Journal 07/20/2010
Shaking up Japan: Bold, or plain reckless?
Economist 02/05/2011
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and warnings about U.K.'s fiscal deficit.
05/13/2010
With the budget deficit approaching 12% King's comments during the election about the fiscal deficit made it a key issue for voters.
Grouped Articles
The Bank of England's Kingmaker
BusinessWeek 05/13/2010
A Crisis of Faith in Mervyn King, Britain's Central Banker
New York Times 02/06/2011
Speed Overhaul, Banker Tells U.K.
Wall Street Journal 03/02/2011
U.K. Bond Buys Aren't a Sure Cure
Wall Street Journal 10/08/2011
Trade Imbalance Worries Mervyn King, Departing British Central Banker
New York Times 12/10/2012
Escalating cost of Medicare with a rising deficit in the U.S.
06/15/2009
Grouped Articles
Bayonne Medical Center Has Highest U.S. Billing Rates
New York Times 05/16/2013
Doctors Chafe As Medicare Cuts Loom
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2010
Small Group of Doctors Are Biggest Medicare Billers
Wall Street Journal 06/01/2015
BusinessWeek 12/10/2009
10 Ways to Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now
BusinessWeek 11/12/2009
Preventing the Next Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2009
U.S.-China relations 2010-2013
01/13/2009
U.S.-China relations. Policy differences and trade relations are expected to exacerbate in 2010. The role of the U.S. as a supplicant to China in 2009 may lead to frustration and stepping back. US-China relations are tense because of continuing trade pressures and large trade deficits as China continues with its export model. Currency issues also an irritant.
Grouped Articles
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
U.S. and China Mark 30 Years of Diplomatic Ties
New York Times 01/13/2009
U.S.-China relations to face strains, experts say - washingtonpost.com
Washington Post 01/03/2010
U.S., China locked in trade disputes
Washington Post 01/04/2010
China denounces U.S. trade ruling on steel pipes
Washington Post 01/01/2010
Martin Feldstein, Sheila Bair and other experts on the Bowles-Simpson Deficit Commission proposals
11/17/2010
Grouped Articles
The Deficit Dilemma and Obama's Budget
Wall Street Journal 11/18/10
America's budget deficit: Speak softly and carry a big chainsaw
Economist 11/20/10
Sheila C. Bair - Will the next fiscal crisis start in Washington?
Washington Post 11/26/10
Debt and Taxes: Will Washington Ever Grow Up?
BusinessWeek 11/17/10
Martin Feldstein - How to cut the deficit without raising taxes
Washington Post 11/29/10
CBO: U.S. budget deficit to reach $1.5 trillion in 2011, highest ever
Washington Post 01/26/11
Criticism of the 2010 President's Deficit Commission report.
11/11/2010
Grouped Articles
New York Times 11/11/10
A Panel's Plan to Cut the Deficit
New York Times 11/12/10
The president's deficit commission: Nice try
Economist 11/13/10
America's deficit: Confronting the monster
Economist 11/20/10
New York Times 11/22/10
Deficit Plan Fails to Win Panel Support
Wall Street Journal 12/03/10
The 2010 U.S. Deficit Commission report.
10/25/2010
Grouped Articles
Key Tax Breaks at Risk as Panel Looks at Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/25/10
Deficit Commission’s $200 Billion in Proposed Spending Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/10/10
Deficit Panel's Leaders Push Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/08/10
Deficit-Cutting Chairmen Call Washington's Bluff
Wall Street Journal 11/12/10
Wall Street Journal 11/11/10
Deficit Reduction Plan Draws Scorn From Left and Right
New York Times 11/11/10
Alternative deficit commission report by Rivlin-Domenici
10/21/2010
Grouped Articles
Another Deficit Plan Targets Taxes
Wall Street Journal 11/17/10
Sheila C. Bair - Will the next fiscal crisis start in Washington?
Washington Post 11/26/10
Tax-cut deal has liberal Democrats fuming
Washington Post 12/07/10
CBO: U.S. budget deficit to reach $1.5 trillion in 2011, highest ever
Washington Post 01/26/11
Wall Street Journal 03/03/11
To Cut the Deficit, Look to Social Security
New York Times 04/04/11
U.S. Defense Spending in a world of Budget Deficits- post 2010.
07/09/2010
A shift in mood to a smaller defense budget that can be sustained in the long run. Smarter spending as the solution to budget constraints in a deficit world.
Grouped Articles
Shrinking Budget Forces Army Into New Battlefield
Wall Street Journal 05/10/13
Defense Industry Shrugs Off Early Cuts
Wall Street Journal 05/12/13
Pentagon Lays Out Ways to Slash Spending
Wall Street Journal 08/01/13
U.S. Military Eyes Cut to Pay, Benefits
Wall Street Journal 11/18/13
The U.S. Military Needs Budget Certainty in Uncertain Times
Wall Street Journal 10/21/15
Pentagon's Next Mission: Cutting Back on Spending
Wall Street Journal 07/09/10
France's economy in 2010-2014
06/23/2010
The determination in France, as in Britain, to take austerity measures, and to cut the deficit.
Grouped Articles
France Goes Against the Euro-Zone Flow
Wall Street Journal 04/18/13
Europe to Vote on Tougher Rules for Currency
New York Times 09/27/11
France Says It Will Miss Budget Deficit Targets
Wall Street Journal 09/12/13
German Optimism Depends On Spanish Deficits
Wall Street Journal 09/25/13
S.&P. Downgrade Deals Blow to French Government
New York Times 11/08/13
Euro Zone Deficit Hits Target for First Time Since 2008
New York Times 04/23/14
U.S. Budget Deficit: 2010-2012
06/01/2010
Increasing concern about the deficit and efforts to cut the deficit.
Grouped Articles
Budget Deficit Returns to Prerecession Levels
Wall Street Journal 10/16/14
U.S. Annual Budget Deficit Smallest in Nearly Seven Years
Wall Street Journal 06/11/15
Jobs Bill vs. Deficit, a Showdown in the Senate
New York Times 06/01/10
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts
BusinessWeek 08/05/10
Bush Tax Cuts: Now That's Rich
New York Times 08/22/10
Alice Rivlin's Bid to Cut the Deficit
BusinessWeek 10/21/10
The new Liberal-Conservative coalition government in Britain.
05/13/2010
The U.K. has a new coalition government which is focussed on correcting the situation with the budget deficit which imperils Britain's financial rating.
Grouped Articles
Tough Slog to Balancing U.K.’s Budget
Wall Street Journal 12/04/14
Britain's accidental revolution
Economist 05/13/10
Economist 05/13/10
Economist 05/13/10
U.K. Unveils Severe 'Unavoidable Budget'
Wall Street Journal 06/23/10
Reforming the state: Radical Britain
Economist 08/14/10
Medicare.
06/14/2009
Medicare, funding and government deficits. Quality of care, education and lifestyle choices.
Grouped Articles
Something’s Got to Give in Medicare Spending
New York Times 06/14/09
Doctors Chafe As Medicare Cuts Loom
Wall Street Journal 06/16/10
Bullish Medicare Projection Doubted
Wall Street Journal 08/06/10
Toward a Different Fiscal Future
Wall Street Journal 02/08/10
Physician Panel Prescribes the Fees Paid by Medicare
Wall Street Journal 10/26/10
Medicare Plan to Link Cost to Performance Rankles Hospitals
New York Times 05/30/11
Martin Feldstein on the risks for the American Economy after failures in the Obama Economic plan.
09/12/2007
Failures to address problems on the housing front, especialy the problems for 15 million homeowners under water- see the links to opeds by Feldstein suggesting focus on these issues throughout 2008-2009. And the focus on health care which diverted attention from this problem and the problem facing bad loans in commercial real estate. Other problems are failure to get bank lending up for businesses. And the failure of Obama health care plans to control the increase in the nation's surging health care spending, instead increasing the deficit to unsustainable levels. Public sentiment as shown in WSJ/NBC polls confirm Feldstein's sense of the situation.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/08/13
From President Obama, Economic Clarity but Little Courage
Washington Post 04/15/09
Wall Street Journal 09/12/07
How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/07/08
Wall Street Journal 02/20/08
Enough With the Interest Rate Cuts
Wall Street Journal 04/15/08
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